STFC Transfer Rumours

[pauld]

Didn't Wellens make some joke at the Sponsors event which has given it legs?

tbf it had long since taken on urban myth status by that point anyway

[Flashheart]

I suspect the joke was made 'because' the urban myth existed. I like to think that some of the players and staff go on that site and choose to wind them up. I know I would.

[Peter Venkman]

I suspect the joke was made 'because' the urban myth existed. I like to think that some of the players and staff go on that site and choose to wind them up. I know I would.

I know some players look at this site, or certainly have done in the past. I also know that BBC radio Swindon commentators regularly read this forum too before games.

[Batch]

from FB group found on Twitter:

@exAgent1
Jack Bridge interesting Swindon and Crewe I'm told. Sam Foley a possible for Cheltenham or Newport. The rest of Northampton's released players might find a FL contract tough to come by.

[DiV]

I know some players look at this site, or certainly have done in the past. I also know that BBC radio Swindon commentators regularly read this forum too before games.

Which players?

[Peter Venkman]

Which players?

I am not going to put their names up on a public forum, but I have shared the names with many TEFers in private.

[Peter Venkman]

I see Gareth Barry has been told he is free to leave WBA.....he has a few connections with the club.

Most clubs announcing their retained and relased players this week, a few decent ones.

Jake Buxton, Kyle McFadzean or John Brayford  freed from Burton and all could improve us defensively IMO, Ben Gladwin from Blackburn, Akinfenwa from Wycombe.

[Panda Paws]

I've a funny feeling Akinfenwa may show up at the CG.

Would expect the Burton trio to stay in League 1. Presumably being released because they're a hangover from the Championship season. Brayford is their captain I think.

[Peter Venkman]

I've a funny feeling Akinfenwa may show up at the CG.

Would expect the Burton trio to stay in League 1. Presumably being released because they're a hangover from the Championship season. Brayford is their captain I think.

Oh I know most are pie in the sky, I would love Akinfenwa hes old and slow as a slug but he is a great target man and can still get 20 a season in this league with a decent service, he scares defences but holds the ball up so well.

[Peter Venkman]

Here are the players freed in the bottom 3 division so far, League 2 teams seem quite slow in announcing players freed.

Championship Players who are free agents.

Aston Villa: Mark Bunn; Tommy Elphick; Alan Hutton; Mile Jedinak; Micah Richards; Jed Steer; Glenn Whelan.

Birmingham City: Tomasz Kuszcak; Michael Morrison; Viv Solomon-Otabor.

Blackburn Rovers: Craig Conway; Paul Downing; Ben Gladwin; Corry Evans; Jayson Leutwiler; Jack Rodwell.

Bolton Wanderers: Mark Beevers; Andrew Taylor; Will Buckley; Clayton Donaldson; Jack Hobbs; Mark Little; Craig Noone; Jake Turner; Josh Vela; David Wheater Marc Wilson.

Brentford: Yoann Barbet; Lewis MacLeod; Josh McEachran; Moses Odubajo (club option one year).

Bristol City: Frank Fielding (club option one year); Niki Maenpaa; Stefan Marinovic; Antoine Semenyo; Eros Pisano.

Derby County: Craig Bryson; Ashley Cole; Jacob Butterfield; David Nugent; Bradley Johnson; Marcus Olsson; Alex Pearce; Efe Ambrose; Kelle Roos.

Hull City: Fraizer Campbell (club option one year); Evandro; Will Keane; David Marshall; Ondrej Mazuch; James Weir; Liam Ridgewell.

Ipswich Town: Tom Adeyemi (club option one year); Simon Dawkins (club option one year); Luke Chambers; Jonas Knudsen; James Collins; Jordan Spence; Grant Ward (club option one year).

Middlesbrough: Stewart Downing; John Mikel Obi; Dimitrios Konstantopoulos.

Millwall: Jordan Archer; Tom Elliott; Shane Ferguson; Lee Gregory; Conor McLaughlin; Aiden O'Brien; Ryan Tunnicliffe.

Norwich City: Todd Cantwell; Timm Klose; Ivo Pinto.

Nottingham Forest: Juan Fuentes; Stephen Henderson; Jamie Ward.

Preston North End: Andy Boyle; Alan Browne; Michael Howard; Tommy Spurr.

QPR: Alex Baptiste; Jake Bidwell; Jordan Cousins; Grant Hall; Niko Hamalainen; Joel Lynch; Charlie Owens; Angel Rangel; Olamide Shodipo; Pawel Wszolek (club option one year).

Reading: Tyler Blackett; Liam Kelly; Anssi Jaakkola; Paul McShane; John O'Shea; Callum Harriott.

Rotherham United: Alex Bray; Anthony Forde; Akeem Hinds; Michael Ihiekwe; Jamie Proctor; Joe Mattock; Joe Newell; Darren Potter; Jon Taylor.

Sheffield United: Paul Coutts; Martin Cranie; Harvey Gilmour; Conor Washington.

Sheffield Wednesday: Almen Abdi; George Boyd; Fredrik Fisker Nielsen; Gary Hooper; David Jones; Kieran Lee; Marco Matias; Connor O'Grady; Fraser Preston; Daniel Pudil; Keiren Westwood.

Stoke City: Charlie Adam; Darren Fletcher; Jakob Haugaard (club option one year).

Swansea City: Wilfried Bony; Leroy Fer; Adam King; Luciano Narsingh; Martin Olsson (club option one year); Wayne Routledge; Mike van der Hoorn.

West Brom: Gareth Barry; Chris Brunt; Rekeem Harper; Wesley Hoolahan; James Morrison (player option one year); Boaz Myhill.

Wigan Athletic: Jamie Jones; Shaun MacDonald; Gavin Massey; Jonas Olsson; Callum McManaman; Chris Merrie; Nick Powell; Gary Roberts; James Vaughan; Sam Morsy.

League 1 Players who are free agents:

Accrington Stanley: Mark Hughes; Seamus Conneely; Ben Richards-Everton; Erico Sousa; Jordan Clark; Liam Nolan; Jonny Maxted; Will Wood; Harvey Rodgers; Niall Watson.

AFC Wimbledon: n/k

Barnsley: Dimitri Kevin Cavaré (club option one year); Adam Davies; Adam Jackson; Ryan Hedges.

Blackpool: Chris Long; Chris Taylor; Nathan Delfouneso; Max Clayton; Donervon Daniels; Jimmy Ryan; Ollie Turton; Armand Gnanduillet; Christoffer Mafoumbi; Marc Bola (one year option); Curtis Tilt; Nick Anderton; Myles Bonet; Finlay Sinclair-Smith.

Bradford City: Paul Caddis; Billy Clarke; Calum Woods; Nathanial Knight-Percival; Jermaine Anderson; Adam Chicksen; Daniel Devine; Callum Gunner; Luca Colville.

Bristol Rovers: Adam Smith; Sam Slocombe; Michael Kelly.

Burton Albion: John Brayford; Jake Buxton; Kyle McFadzean; Damien McCrory; Will Miller; Kieran Wallace; Reece Hutchinson.

Charlton Athletic: Jake Forster-Caskey; Jonathan Williams; Igor Vetokele; Patrick Bauer; Chris Solly; Ben Reeves; Mark Marshall; Josh Parker; Tariqe Fosu; Joe Aribo; Mikhail Kennedy.

Coventry City: Jack Grimmer; Jordan Willis; Tom Davies; Lee Burge; Liam O'Brien; Corey Addai; Chris Camwell; Reece Ford; Jak Hickman; Jordan Thompson.

Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe; James Coppinger; Andy Butler; Matty Blair; Ian Lawlor; Niall Mason; Joe Wright; Danny Andrew; Marko Marosi; Alfie Beestin.

Fleetwood Town: Ashley Eastham; Paul Jones; Jack Sowerby; Ashley Nadesan; Eddie Clarke.

Gillingham: Tomas Holy; Luke O'Neill; Max Ehmer; Billy Bingham; Tom Eaves; Alex Lacey; Tom Hadler.

Luton Town: Kazenga Lua-Lua; Alan McCormack; Harry Cornick; Harry Isted; Arthur Read, offered a reduced contract to Danny Hylton.

Oxford United: Rob Hall; John Mousinho; Jonathan Obika; Curtis Nelson; Scott Shearer; Jack Stevens; Jonte Smith.

Peterborough United: Marcus Maddison; Darren Lyon; Conor O'Malley; Lewis Freestone.

Plymouth Argyle: Paul Anderson; Graham Carey (club option one year); David Fox; Gary Sawyer; Conor Grant; Joe Riley; Alex Flecther.

Portsmouth: Nathan Thompson; Dion Donohue (club option one year); Alex Bass.

Rochdale: Matt Done; Jim McNulty; Brad Inman; Kgosi Ntlhe; Jimmy Keohane; Oliver Rathbone; Jordan Williams; Aaron Morley; Bradley Wade.

Scunthorpe United: Josh Morris; Byron Webster; Levi Sutton; Jonathan Flatt; Yasin Ben El-Mhanni; George Hornshaw.

Shrewsbury Town: Scott Golbourne; Mat Sadler; Anthony Grant; Lenell John-Lewis, Reice Charles-Cook; James Bolton; Cameron Gregory.

Southend United: Stephen Hendrie; Michael Turner (club option one year); John White; Ben Coker; Ted Smith; Amadou Ba.

Sunderland: Robbin Ruiter; Adam Matthews; George Honeyman; Reece James, Max Stryjek.

Walsall: Isaiah Osbourne; Chris Dunn; Joe Edwards; Luke Leahy; Nicky Devlin; Adam Chambers; Zeli Ismail; Jon Guthrie; Liam Kinsella; Maziar Kouhyar; Tobias Hayles-Docherty; Joe Slinn; Omar Mussa (club option one year).

Wycombe Wanderers: Joe Jacobson; Nathan Tyson; Marcus Bean; Adebayo Akinfenwa, Paris Cowan-Hall; Michael Harriman; Darius Charles; Yves Makabu-Makalambay; Ben Frempah; Scott Kashket; Dominic Gape; Cameron Yates.

League 2 Players who are free agents:

Carlisle United: Richie Bennett, Anthony Gerrard, George Glendon, Arthur Gnahoua, Peter Grant, Jason Kennedy, Gary Liddle and Gary Miller.

Grimsby Town: Danny Collins, Wes Thomas, Martyn Woolford JJ Hooper.

Morecambe: Released: Vadaine Oliver, Adam Campbell, Dawid Szczepaniak, James Sinclair and Ben Hedley.

Northampton Town: David Buchanan, Sam Foley, Dean Bowditch, Jack Bridge, Luke Coddington, Shay Facey, James Goff and Joe Iaciofano. Transfer Listed:Ash Taylor, Joe Bunney and Billy Waters

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

I’d have Semenyo from City in a heartbeat. Clayton Donaldson would do well in L2.

I think we tried to sign Craig Noone a while back.

Nathan Thompson anyone?

[Exiled Bob]

Nathan Thompson's a surprise.

[Peter Venkman]

I’d have Semenyo from City in a heartbeat. Clayton Donaldson would do well in L2.

I think we tried to sign Craig Noone a while back.

Nathan Thompson anyone?

If Knoyle doesn't sign I would have Thompson back definately.

We tried to sign Donaldson when he was at Brentford but his wages were too high, not a great scoring record in the last 2 years with just 6 goals 57 games but prior to that he was excellent.

We did try and sign Noone many years ago when he was at Plymouth but he went to Brighton instead, cracking left winger but is probably far too good for L2 even at the age of 31.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Worth noting that the above isn’t a retained/released list, but a list of those with contracts expiring this summer. I expect several of those to remain with their current clubs.

[Wobbly Bob]

Eros Pisano would be a great signing. If not for all of the right reasons.

A few STFC old boys in that list.

Obika anyone?